A village show turned out to be a record-breaker – as more people than ever before enjoyed a fun-packed family day out.

The programme for the Rendlesham Show at Jubilee Park on Saturday included fairground rides, donkey rides, a birds of prey display, assault courses, food court, arena events, and an Anglo-Saxon living history encampment.

Carole Brason, a parish councillor and one of the show organisers, said it had been “quite an extraordinary day”.

She said: “It was an incredible day both for the people who came to enjoy the huge number of stands, stalls and entertainment, but also for Rendlesham as a community.

“It’s events like this that really bring people together.”

The day also included Rendlesham’s first Garden Show.

Parish clerk Heather Heelis said: “We were impressed by both the standard and number of entries for the Garden Show and the competitive spirit of the residents and look forward to making this an annual event.”

Council chairman Kay Nash said: “Numbers exceeded all expectation, which in turn has raised over £3,000 for our skatepark project.”

Though she pulled her Spitfire out of a display at the show because of the furore over flying at Bentwaters, pilot Carolyn Grace made a personal appearance at the event and said she was very moved to hear and see the overwhelming support from the village.

A half-size model Spitfire, lent to the parish council for the day by Bill Kemble, took pride of place as part of the Support the Spitfire campaign.